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Today, the inimitable Benjamin Britten turns 100! If you're unfamiliar with his music, I highly recommend you listen to some, as Britten was one of the most original and refreshing voices of the middle 20th century. Click this link for an introduction to his music. And to cap this post off, here's the excellent 3rd movement from his String Quartet No.3, Op. 94:
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A great TED talk by Benjamin Zander, conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra:
An excerpt from a classic interview of John Cage.
Thanks to everyone who submitted instrumentations and/or pieces for the Southwest Guilford HS Band Call for Scores. If you're still interested in participating, email me at andres@jaballesteros.net and we might still be able to find a slot for you. Thank you again to everybody. Kenny and I are very excited!
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The Southwest Guilford HS Wind Ensemble (High Point, NC) is looking for new pieces for its chamber/solo concert and/or its full band concerts this fall. I'm working with the director, Kenny Butler, to bring new music to this public high school in North Carolina. Although we don't have any funds available to pay for travel or commissions, we can get you a performance and a recording. You are, of course, more than welcome to attend the performance in any case!
Check here for dates, guidelines, and additional details.
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While spending the summer in Pavia, Italy for the highSCORE Festival, we went to the fantastic Il Cupolone restaurant. Of course, if you get 11 composers together, this is what your tips look like:
The Music Department at Harvard University has awarded my the 2012 John Green Fellowship for "excellence in musical composition"! Needless to say, I'm incredibly honored and I would especially like to thank my teachers Chaya Czernowin and Edgar Barroso for their support. `Andrés
The live recording of the Brattle Street Chamber Players' premiere of "Shaheed" is now in the orchestra page, and a recording from a session with a few Boston-area jazz musicians of my new piece "A Rose for Violet" is available in the chamber/solo section. As you may have noticed, I've been moving the site's music to SoundCloud, a great service which lets you see the shape of the sound of a piece and lets people comment on certain moments in the piece. I highly recommend you check it out if you have a few minutes!
As always, thanks for reading!
`Andrés
The Brattle Street Chamber Players, an eclectic string orchestra here in Cambridge, has commissioned a new work for their 4 November 2011 concert. I'm working hard on the piece and I hope it's up to par with these fantastic players! A special thanks to my friend, cellist Luc Werner, who suggested the commission.
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